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J. M. LEAVER. PACKING GHIMNEYS FOR SHIPMENT.

PatentedJan. 30, 1894-. Fig.1.

STATES JAMES MARSHALL LEAVER, or BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF CNE-HALF TO EMERY J. VANCE, OF sAME PLACE.

PA CKIN G CHIMNEYS FOR SHIPMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,644, dated January30, 1894.

Application filedDeoember 23, 1592. Serial No. 456,162. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JAMES MARSHALL LEA- VER, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Method of Packing Chimneys forShipment, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in packing chimneys for shipment.

The object of the present invention is to obviate the necessity ofpacking chimneys in hay, straw, and the like and avoid the dirt andlitter incident to such mode of packing, and to provide means foraffording a safe transit for these fragile articles.

It is also an object of the invention to enable chimneys to be nestedwith safety in packing and thereby enable a much greater number ofchimneys to be packed in the given space than could be were they notnested.

The invention consists in the construction and novel. combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a sectional view of a box showing chimneyspacked in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective Viewof a cushioning chimney support constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the blank before folding.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a rectangular chimney support constructed of paper or othersuitable material and provided with a central circular opening 2,adapted to receive the contracting top of a chimney 3 and to rest at theedges of the opening against the bulging portion or swell of thechimney. The stock or material removed to form the central opening 2 isdivided by radial cuts into a circularseries of tapering tongues etadapted to be interposed between the inner face of the base or bottom ofa chimney and the outer face of the contracted upper portion of a nestedchimney inserted in said base or bottom, whereby chimneys may be withsafety nested to enable them'to be packed with great compactness.

The tapering tongues, by being interposed between the contiguousportions of nested chimneys, prevent actual contact of the glass andholdthe chimneys against movement on one another and cushion the same.

The blank illustratedin Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings is folded atthe four corners to form a rectangular box-like support, composed of anend and four sides, the Sides 5 of which are resilient, are adapted tobear against the sides of other supports or the sides of the inclosingreceptacle,andare adapted to bear the weight of the chimneys, therebypreventing the weight of the chimneys above being supported by thosebelow and obviating all liability of the chimneys breaking.

In packing the chimneys the nested rows are preferably reversed; and theend supports are provided with extensions Gadapted to extend along theend chimneys and around the outer ends of the same to be interposedbetween the chimneys and the inclosing receptacle. The intermediatesupports, or those at the points of nesting, are arranged one aboveanother and occur in regular series, so that in a receptaclesubstantially mosaic supporting partitions or diaphragms are formed atintervals to support and cushion the chimneys.

The method of packing herein shown and described materially reduces thesize and weight of a package, and eflects a considerable saving infreight, besides attaining the other desirable and advantageous resultsheretofore mentioned.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention, as the form of the rectangularsupports might be constructed of other polygonal shapes.

What I claim is 1. A chimney support composed of an end and resilientcushioning sides adaptedto bear against the sides of similar supportshaving at its end a chimney opening and provided with a circular seriesof tapering tongues designed to be interposed between the nestedportions of chimneys, whereby chimneys may be nested without actualcontact, and rows of chimneys may be packed without chimneys of one rowcoming in contact with those of another row, substantially as described.

2. A rectangular chimney support having a central circular chimneyreceiving opening and designed to be arranged at the nested portions ofchimneys and in packing to relieve the weight of chimneys above fromthose below, and composed of an end and resilient cushioning sidesadapted to bear against the sides of similar supports substantially asdescribed.

3. A rectangular chimney support having a central opening and providedthereat with a circular series of tapering tongues, and composed of anend and resilient cushioning sides adapted to fit against the sides ofsimilar supports substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A rectangular chimney support having a central opening and providedwith a circular series of tongues and having an extension, and composedof an end and resilient cushioning sides adapted to fit against thesides of similar supports substantially as described.

5. A rectangular box line chimney support constructed of a rectangularpiece of material folded at the corners to form an end and fourresilient sides and provided at the center with a circular opening andhaving the stock or material from the opening radially severed to formtapering tongues, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MARSHALL LEAVER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERS, E. G. SIGGERS.

